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The Student News Site of Colorado State University

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Ye: Goodbye, Collegian, I’ve never been good at headlines

Ye: Goodbye, Collegian, I’ve never been good at headlines

Samantha Ye May 3, 2021

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their tenure at CSU. I never expected to make it this far with...

Parsing the data for PSDs school resource officer program

Parsing the data for PSD’s school resource officer program

Samantha Ye March 29, 2021

Nearly 50% of public schools in the United States have a School Resource Officer, which refers to a uniformed law enforcement officer in their buildings, according to the National Center for Education...

(Graphic illustration by Malia Berry and Christine Moore-Bonbright | The Collegian)

School Justice PSD: The campaign to remove police from schools 

Samantha Ye March 17, 2021

Although the Black Lives Matter protests of the summer are no longer dominating the headlines, the passion for systemic change remains.  For School Justice PSD, a key chance at that change is coming...

The front entrance of Poudre River Public Library near Old Town Feb. 8. (Anna Tomka | The Collegian)

Poudre Library District earns first Star Library designation

Samantha Ye February 23, 2021

Amid the challenges of the pandemic, the Poudre River Public Library District received at least one spark of good news: The district had achieved a three-star library status in the 2020 Library Journal...

Colorado State University student Cienna Semsak campaigns to ban single-use plastic bags in the city of Fort Collins at the Colorado State University Earth Day Festival, April 23, 2019. (Devin Cornelius | Collegian)

Prohibición de bolsas de plástico en FoCo para votación de abril

Samantha Ye February 12, 2021

Traducción de Kati Roan Los votantes de Fort Collins probablemente tendrán una ordenanza local para la prohibición de bolsas de plástico y de un precio para bolsas de papel para las elecciones...

Colorado State University student Cienna Semsak campaigns to ban single-use plastic bags in the city of Fort Collins at the Colorado State University Earth Day Festival, April 23, 2019. (Devin Cornelius | Collegian)

FoCo plastic bag ban approaching finalization for April ballot

Samantha Ye February 4, 2021

Nota del editor: Puedes leer la versión en español de este artículo aquí. Fort Collins voters will likely be looking at a locally tailored plastic bag ban and paper bag fee ordinance for the April...

Mechanical Engineering Major Shahzeb Chaudhary works a testing site inside Canvas Stadium on Oct. 31, 2020. Chaudhary said this job was “very risky” but also “very essential” to make sure that the University can prevent large outbreaks. (Ryan Schmidt | The Collegian)

CSU officials give update on COVID-19 vaccinations, spring semester 

Samantha Ye January 25, 2021

As Colorado State University goes into its second full semester of pandemic learning, University leaders updated the community on COVID-19 vaccinations, testing protocols, the spring schedule and policies...

Late last week, an inmate at Larimer County Jail was found unresponsive by jail deputies. (Collegian File Photo)

Crime at CSU: Visualizing the annual safety report data

Samantha Ye December 13, 2020

Every year, Colorado State University sends out public annual fire and safety report that includes the crime statistics for the last three years, as required by the Jeanne Clery Act. Although the reported...

A ballot drop box outside of the Larimer County Courthouse Offices

Profesores de CSU discuten las elecciones de 2020 y sus implicaciones

Samantha Ye December 1, 2020

Traducción: Estudiantes del curso LSPA 313.001 Traducción e interpretación inglés-español Después de la elección de 2020, los profesores de ciencias políticas de la Universidad del Estado...

As Fort Collins continues to grow, so does the demand for housing, which is leading to more and more open spaces being proposed for development, Nov 10, 2019. (Addie Kuettner | The Collegian)

Hughes open lands initiative to appear on City’s 2021 ballot

Samantha Ye November 19, 2020

Next April, the residents of Fort Collins will have a definitive opportunity to voice their desires on the future of the old Hughes Stadium property. City Council submitted a proposed measure requiring...

(Graphic Illustration by Katrina Clasen | The Collegian)

Larimer County issues more health orders to limit COVID-19 rise

Samantha Ye November 15, 2020

As COVID-19 numbers hit new highs, Larimer County extended its Emergency Public Health Order to Nov. 27 with amended restrictions. According to a press release from the Larimer County Department of...

A ballot drop box outside of the Larimer County Courthouse Offices

CSU professors debrief 2020 election results, implications

Samantha Ye November 11, 2020

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, political science professors from Colorado State University reviewed the results at the state and federal level during an online debriefing of the historic event. On...

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